UNLV's Zeke Parraz is 9-for-12 in this year's tournament.
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UNLV Defeats San Diego State, 14-3
Rebels advance to Championship Saturday.
May 28, 2004
LAS VEGAS - The UNLV Rebels coasted to a 14-3 victory over San Diego State in Friday's second game at the 2004 Mountain West Conference tournament. With the win, the Rebels advance to tomorrow's 3 p.m. championship game while the Aztecs will face New Mexico in an elimination game tonight at 7 p.m. The Rebels have won seven straight MWC Tournament games and make their second straight finals appearance.
The Aztecs struck first in the bottom of the second inning, taking advantage of a throwing error by Rebel second baseman Ryan Ruiz, allowing third baseman Chad Corona to score.
The Rebels answered in the top of the third as junior third basemen Zeke Parraz hit a double to right field bringing in senior left fielder Andrew D'Angelo. Junior right fielder Eric Nielsen's single to right center before coming around to score on a ground ball hit by senior second baseman Ryan Ruiz.
UNLV, who posted five runs in the fourth inning, started their at bat with a towering solo shot by senior first baseman Eddie Gill. The scoring continued as Parraz singled through the left side to score D'Angelo before Nielsen put an exclamation point on the inning by launching a three-run shot over the wall in left center, making the score 8-1.
SDSU picked up a run in the on the bottom of the fifth as designated hitter Brock Ungricht singled through the left side, driving in shortstop James Guerrero.
In the top of the seventh, the UNLV center fielder Brent Johnson came around to score on a hit-and-run double by Ruiz, who would come around to score on a check-swing RBI single by designated hitter Ryan Bird. The Rebels pushed the score to 13-3 as D'Angelo hit a two-out, two RBI single through the left side.
Rebel Shortstop Peter White tacked on a run of his own as he knocked a solo shot over the wall in left in the top of the ninth, making the score 14-3 and totaling four homers on the day for UNLV.
UNLV starter, senior right-hander David Seccombe (9-3) kept the Aztecs quiet through seven innings, yielding just three runs on nine hits while striking out eight and walking two. Nielsen paced the Rebel offense, finishing 4-for-6 with two runs scored and four RBI. D'Angelo was 2-for-4 with three runs scored and three batted in while Ruiz also recorded two hits and two RBI.
Aztec starter Daryl Harang (6-6) lasted just three innings, giving up six runs on six hits while walking three and striking out two in the loss. Embrey was 3-for-5 with an RBI while Ungricht was 2-for-5 with an RBI and Guerrero was 2-for-4 with a run scored.
GAME 8 NOTES
No. 3 UNLV defeated No. 1 San Diego State in the winner's bracket semifinal game today. Only twice in the history of the MWC Tournament has the loser of this game appeared in the finals - BYU in 2002 (at Provo) and San Diego State in 2003 (at Albuquerque).
The Cougars lost 11-10 to San Diego State, but rallied to defeat UNLV 8-7 later that day and then went on to sweep the Aztecs Saturday (6-4 and 5-3) to claim the championship.
SDSU lost 13-1 to UNLV, defeated BYU 7-6 later that day and then lost to UNLV 14-9 on Saturday in the finals. Overall, the loser of the winner's bracket semifinal game has been eliminated in the next game of the MWC Tournament twice in the last four years (UNM in 2001, BYU in 2000).
San Diego State faces New Mexico tonight at 7 p.m. New Mexico is in the MWC Tournament semifinals for the first time since 2001 (L 12-5 to SDSU).
San Diego State has made it to the finals of the MWC Tournament each of the past four years, winning the inaugural title in 2000 at Earl E. Wilson Stadium.
UNLV now has a seven-game MWC Tournament win streak, including today's victory vs. the Aztecs (4-0 in 2003 and 3-0 in 2004). The Rebels are now 9-6 in MWC Tournament games.
SDSU is 14-7 all-time in the MWC Tournament and four of the seven losses have come at the hands of UNLV.
The No. 1 seed has won the MWC Tournament two of the last three years, while appearing in the finals three years straight. The No. 3 seed has one finals appearance, BYU in 2002 (tourney winner).
UNLV's Eric Nielsen stretched his hitting streak to 19 games-the longest in the MWC this season-with his first inning single today vs. the Aztecs. Nielsen was 4-for-6 with a home run and four RBI vs. SDSU.
SDSU's Rielly Embrey was 2-for-3 vs. Utah Thursday and 3-for-5 vs. UNLV today, while Chad Corona started the MWC Tournament with four straight hits, including a second-inning double vs. today vs. UNLV.
UNLV's Zeke Parraz recorded his seventh hit in the MWC Tournament with his third-inning single and added another in the fourth inning. Parraz was 6-for-6-an MWC Tournament record-Thursday vs. New Mexico and was 3-for-6 vs. the Aztecs.
UNLV's David Seccombe entered today's game having won seven of his last eight starts with the only loss coming to San Diego State. Today vs. the Aztecs, Seccombe posted his ninth victory of the year and tallied eight strikeouts, including three in the seventh as he struck out the side. Seccombe was the only player to be named MWC Pitcher of the Year three times this season.
UNLV vs San Diego State (May 28, 2004)
Box score (NCAA)
2004 Mountain West Baseball
UNLV 14 (36-22), San Diego State 3 (34-28)
May 28, 2004 at Las Vegas, Nev. (Earl E. Wilson)
UNLV AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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D'ANGELO, Andrew lf...... 4 3 2 3 2 0 3 0 0
PARRAZ, Zeke 3b.......... 6 2 3 2 0 0 0 1 1
NIELSEN, Eric rf......... 6 2 4 4 0 0 2 0 0
JOHNSON, Brent cf........ 6 1 2 0 0 1 3 0 2
RUIZ, Ryan 2b............ 5 1 2 2 0 1 2 2 2
BIRD, Ryan dh............ 4 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
GILL, Eddie 1b........... 4 2 1 1 1 1 5 1 2
ROSS, Brad c............. 5 0 2 0 0 0 9 0 0
WHITE, Peter ss.......... 4 2 1 1 1 0 2 2 1
SECCOMEB, David p........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
TABECK, Kyle p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals................... 44 14 19 14 5 3 27 6 8
San Diego State AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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BURT, Landon cf.......... 5 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 2
GUERRERO, James ss....... 4 1 2 0 1 0 1 5 0
EMBREY, Rielly 1b........ 5 0 3 1 0 0 8 0 2
UNGRICHT, Brock dh....... 5 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 2
ZAWADZKI, Lance 2b....... 4 0 0 0 1 2 2 4 2
HILL, Josh lf............ 5 0 0 0 0 3 4 0 2
CORONA, Chad 3b.......... 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 2 2
SWAYDAN, Jordan c........ 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 0
MENDOZA, Curt rf......... 3 1 1 0 0 0 4 0 0
HALL, David cf.......... 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
HARANG, Daryl p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
COON, Ben p............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEASLEY, Jeff p......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
HARTSHORN, Chris p...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DOUGLAS, Brett p........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals................... 40 3 11 2 2 9 27 12 12
Score by Innings R H E
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UNLV................ 003 501 401 - 14 19 2
San Diego State..... 010 011 000 - 3 11 2
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E - PARRAZ(6); RUIZ(5); GUERRERO(19); MENDOZA(2). DP - San Diego St 2. LOB -
UNLV 8; San Diego St 12. 2B - PARRAZ(9); JOHNSON(20); RUIZ(14);
GUERRERO(10); CORONA(9). HR - D'ANGELO(7); NIELSEN(16); GILL(7); WHITE(9).
CS - JOHNSON(3).
UNLV IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
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SECCOMEB, David..... 7.0 9 3 1 2 8 32 34
TABECK, Kyle........ 2.0 2 0 0 0 1 8 8
San Diego State IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
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HARANG, Daryl....... 3.0 6 6 5 3 2 15 18
COON, Ben........... 2.0 3 2 2 1 1 7 8
TEASLEY, Jeff....... 1.2 5 5 5 1 0 10 11
HARTSHORN, Chris.... 1.1 2 0 0 0 0 6 6
DOUGLAS, Brett...... 1.0 3 1 1 0 0 6 6
Win - SECCOMBE (9-2). Loss - HARANG (6-6). Save - None.
WP - HARTSHORN(8).
Umpires - HP: Dan Perugini 1B: Kevin Daugherty 2B: Keith Bailey 3B: Jeff
Jenkins Start: 3 pm Time: 3:06 Attendance:
Game notes:
ID-264356
2004 MWC Tournament Game Eight
UNLV advances to Saturday's championship game, San Diego State will play
New Mexico tonight at 7 pm
Game: MWC8
Play-by-Play
2004 Mountain West Baseball
UNLV 14 (36-22), San Diego State 3 (34-28) - Play-by-Play
May 28, 2004 at Las Vegas, Nev. (Earl E. Wilson)
Score by Innings R H E
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UNLV................ 003 501 401 - 14 19 2
San Diego State..... 010 011 000 - 3 11 2
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UNLV starters: 21/lf D'ANGELO; 10/3b PARRAZ; 36/rf NIELSEN; 45/cf JOHNSON; 4/2b
RUIZ; 34/dh BIRD; 46/1b GILL; 38/c ROSS; 7/ss WHITE; 24/p SECCOMBE;
San Diego State starters: 8/cf BURT; 1/ss GUERRERO; 7/1b EMBREY; 25/dh UNGRICHT;
5/2b ZAWADZKI; 29/lf HILL; 18/3b CORONA; 12/c SWAYDAN; 28/rf MENDOZA; 33/p HARANG;
UNLV 1st - D'ANGELO walked. PARRAZ reached on a fielder's choice; D'ANGELO
out at second ss to 2b. NIELSEN singled to left field; PARRAZ advanced to second.
JOHNSON struck out looking. RUIZ fouled out to c. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2
LOB.
San Diego State 1st - BURT struck out swinging. GUERRERO grounded out to 3b.
EMBREY singled through the left side. UNGRICHT singled through the right side;
EMBREY advanced to third. ZAWADZKI lined out to ss. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2
LOB.
UNLV 2nd - BIRD reached on an error by ss. GILL struck out looking. ROSS
singled up the middle; BIRD advanced to third. WHITE grounded into double play ss to
2b to 1b; ROSS out on the play. 0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB.
San Diego State 2nd - HILL struck out looking. CORONA doubled to left center.
SWAYDAN reached on an error by 2b, advanced to second; CORONA scored, unearned.
MENDOZA grounded out to ss; SWAYDAN advanced to third. BURT grounded out to ss. 1
run, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB.
UNLV 3rd - D'ANGELO walked. PARRAZ doubled to right center, RBI; D'ANGELO
scored. NIELSEN singled to right center, RBI, advanced to second on an error by rf;
PARRAZ scored. JOHNSON flied out to rf; NIELSEN advanced to third. RUIZ grounded out
to ss, RBI, unearned; NIELSEN scored, unearned. BIRD flied out to rf. 3 runs, 2
hits, 1 error, 0 LOB.
San Diego State 3rd - GUERRERO doubled down the rf line. EMBREY flied out to
lf. UNGRICHT struck out looking. ZAWADZKI walked. HILL out at first 1b to p. 0
runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
UNLV 4th - GILL homered to right center, RBI. ROSS singled down the lf line.
WHITE walked; ROSS advanced to second. COON to p for HARANG. D'ANGELO reached on a
fielder's choice; WHITE advanced to second; ROSS out at third ss to 3b. PARRAZ
singled through the left side, RBI; D'ANGELO advanced to second; WHITE scored.
NIELSEN homered to left center, 3 RBI; PARRAZ scored; D'ANGELO scored. JOHNSON
doubled to left field. JOHNSON out at third c to 3b, caught stealing. RUIZ struck
out looking. 5 runs, 5 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
San Diego State 4th - CORONA flied out to rf. SWAYDAN struck out looking.
MENDOZA singled to left field. BURT flied out to cf to right center. 0 runs, 1
hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
UNLV 5th - BIRD walked. GILL grounded into double play 2b to ss to 1b; BIRD
out on the play. ROSS flied out to rf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
San Diego State 5th - GUERRERO walked. EMBREY singled up the middle; GUERRERO
advanced to third. UNGRICHT singled through the left side, RBI; EMBREY advanced to
second; GUERRERO scored. ZAWADZKI struck out swinging. HILL flied out to lf; EMBREY
advanced to third. CORONA flied out to cf. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
UNLV 6th - TEASLEY to p for COON. WHITE flied out to rf. D'ANGELO homered to
left center, RBI. PARRAZ popped up to 1b. NIELSEN flied out to lf. 1 run, 1 hit,
0 errors, 0 LOB.
San Diego State 6th - SWAYDAN grounded out to 2b. MENDOZA reached on an error
by 3b. BURT popped up to 2b. GUERRERO singled to first base; MENDOZA advanced to
third. EMBREY singled to right field, RBI; GUERRERO advanced to third; MENDOZA
scored, unearned. UNGRICHT reached on a fielder's choice; EMBREY out at second ss
unassisted. 1 run, 2 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.
UNLV 7th - BURT to lf. HILL to rf. HALL to cf for MENDOZA. JOHNSON singled to
left field. RUIZ doubled to left field, RBI; JOHNSON scored. BIRD singled to right
field, RBI; RUIZ scored. GILL walked; BIRD advanced to second. ROSS flied out to lf.
WHITE grounded out to 2b; GILL advanced to second; BIRD advanced to third. D'ANGELO
singled through the left side, 2 RBI; GILL scored; BIRD scored. HARTSHORN to p for
COON. PARRAZ grounded out to 3b. 4 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
San Diego State 7th - ZAWADZKI struck out swinging. HILL struck out looking.
CORONA struck out looking. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
UNLV 8th - NIELSEN grounded out to 3b. JOHNSON lined out to lf. RUIZ singled
to center field. BIRD singled to left field; RUIZ advanced to second. BIRD advanced
to second on a wild pitch; RUIZ advanced to third. GILL grounded out to 2b. 0
runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
San Diego State 8th - TABECK to p for SECCOMBE. SWAYDAN flied out to lf. HALL
singled down the rf line. BURT singled to third base; HALL advanced to second.
GUERRERO flied out to rf. EMBREY grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2
LOB.
UNLV 9th - DOUGLAS to p for HARTSHORN. ROSS flied out to rf. WHITE homered to
left center, RBI. D'ANGELO flied out to rf. PARRAZ singled through the left side.
NIELSEN singled down the lf line; PARRAZ advanced to third. JOHNSON flied out to rf.
1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
San Diego State 9th - UNGRICHT popped up to 2b. ZAWADZKI flied out to cf.
HILL struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Line score
UNLV 14, San Diego State 3 (May 28, 2004 at Las Vegas, Nev.)
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UNLV................ 003 501 401 - 14 19 2 (36-22)
San Diego State..... 010 011 000 - 3 11 2 (34-28)
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Pitchers: UNLV - SECCOMBE; TABECK(8). San Diego State - HARANG; COON(4); TEASLEY(6);
HARTSHORN(7); DOUGLAS(9).
Win-SECCOMBE(9-2) Loss-HARANG(6-6) T-3:06 A-0
HR LV - D'ANGELO (7); NIELSEN (16); GILL (7); WHITE (9).
Game notes:
ID-264356
2004 MWC Tournament Game Eight
UNLV advances to Saturday's championship game, San Diego State will play
New Mexico tonight at 7 pm
Game: MWC8
